Railway-crossing.



l. V. FOGERTY.

RAILWAY CROSSING.

APPLxcATloN flLio MAY 2a. 1914.

Patented Apr. 13, 1915.

THE MORRIS PETERS CO.. PHOTOLITHO.. WASHINGTON, D, Cy

JOHN V. ,'FGRT, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOES.

RAILWAY-CROSSING.

releases.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr., 13, 1915.

Application led May 23, 1914. Serial No. 840,523.

.To all wlw/m it may concern.'

Be it known that l, JOHN V. Foenn'rY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of lllinois, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Railway-Crossings, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in railway crossings and the object of this improvement is the production of a simple and effective device of the character mentioned.

.Uther objects will appear hereinafter.

With these objects in view my invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafted described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, and in which,

Figure 1 is a plan view of a railway crossing embodying my invention, and Eig. 2 is a section of the same taken on line 2-2 in Eig. 1.

The preferred form of construction as illustrated in the drawingcomprises a rectangular rigid frame 3 made in one piece of cast metal or made up of a plurality of sections joined together. The frame 3 is mounted on cross ties 4L which are embedded in the railroad bed in the usual manner. Mounted on the corners of the frame 3 are rail corner portions 5 which are rigidly secured thereto in any approved manner, the outer ends of such rail corner portions being flush with the outer edges of said frame. Eigidly secured to the frame 8 between the corner portions 5 are members 6 having recesses 7 in which rail sections 8 are mounted. Each of the rail sections 8 is provided with perforations 9 through which curved ends of hinge members 10 pass and secure said rail sections in said recesses. This a:- rangement provides a means whereby the ra-il sections 8 may be rocked on the members 6 inwardly of the crossing in order to allow the wheel flanges of a vehicle to pass over them.

Secured to each of the ends of each rail corner portion is a railway rail 11, a fragment of which is shown. Said railway rails are positioned so as to abut their corresponding rail corner portions and the outer edge of the frame 3. This arrangement against the rail sections 8 and preventing j pivotal movement of the latter as will be readily understood.

Mounted in the frame 3 on cross ties L vis a bottom member 12 and at the central `portion of the latter is a vertical post 13.

Mounted upon said post and spaced apart are levers 14 and 15 and connected to each of said levers is an operating rod 16 which leads outwardly through the railway cross` ing and to a suitable means for operating the switch, not shown. Adjacent each of the rail sections 8 is a bent lever 17 mounted in a bearing member 18 which is secured on member 12. One end of each lever 17 is connected with an ear 19 by means of a connecting link 20, said ears 19 being secured to the inner sides of rail members 12. Each of the levers 17 is also connected with Vone of the levers 14C or 15 by means of a connect ing link 21 so that upon operation of one of rods 16 its corresponding lever 14 or 15 will be moved on post 18 thereby moving the two of the levers 17 which are connected to such lever 1st or 15 and cause swinging of a pair of the parallel rail sections on their pivotal joints. Each pair of the rail sections is adapted to swing inwardly of the crossing to positions between the other pair of the rail sections thereby locking the lat ter against swinging inwardly of the railway crossing. This arrangement provides means for moving one pair of the rail sections to positions in which the wheel flanges of a vehicle, not shown, will pass over such rail sections and the latter at the same time locks the other rail sections in position for the vehicle to pass safely over it. @n the outer sides of the rail sections 8 are stop members 22 secured to the portions 6 to prevent outward swinging of the rail sections. The stops 22 coacting with the pair of rail sections which are swung inwardly effectually lock the other pair of rail sections against pivotal movement in either direction. As will be observed, either pair of rail sections may be swung inwardly of the railway crossing by operating its corresponding rod 16 and that such inward rocking of one pair of the rail sections locks the other pair against'pivotal movement so that only one pair of rail sections can be rocked to inoperative condition at one time.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable of variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A railway crossing comprising a base; rail corner portions rigidly secured to said base; twok pairs of parallel rail sections pivoted to said base between said corner portions for mow/'ement about horizontal axes; and means' for rocking one pair of. said'rail sections between the other pair thereof and locking the latter against inward rocking, substantially as described.

'2. A railway 'crossing comprising a base; railcorner portionsk rigidly secured to said base; two pairs of rail sections pivoted to said base between saidcorner portions; stops on said base limiting the swinging of the rail sections in each pair thereof awa-y from each other; and means for rocking the rail sections of each pair thereof between the rails of the other pair of such sections and locking the latter against rocking, substantially as described.

3. A railway crossing comprising a base having recesses therein; rail corner portions at the ends of said recesses; rail sections having substantially semi-cylindrical lower edges mounted in said recesses; hinged mem- Gopies o this patentmay be obtained for bers secured to said base and engaging said rail sections pivotally securing the latter to said base; and means for rocking said rail sections on their pivotal joints, substantially as described.

Ll. A railway crossing comprising a base; rail corner portions secured to said base; two pairs of rail sections pivoted to said base and mounted between said corner portions; a vertical post positioned centrally between said rail sections; two levers pivoted on said post; a bent lever pivoted to said base adjacent each of said rail sections and havin-gone end thereof operatively coin nected with such rail section; a connecting link connecting the other end of each bent lever with one end of one of said first nicntioned levers thereby connecting cach of the latter with one pair of said rail sections; and an opera-ting rod connected with each of said first mentioned levers and adapted, through their connecting mechanism, to swing its corresponding pair of rail sections on their pivotal points to inoperative condition and lock the other pair of said rail sections in operative condition, substantially as described.

5. A railway crossing comprising a base made up of a rigid square frame; rail sections mounted in .said frame, the ends of said rail portions being flush with the outer edges of said frame; and railway nils abutting said rail portions and the outer edges of said frame, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN V; FOGERTY.

Witnesses z JOSHUA R. H. Po'rrs, HELEN I?. LrLLis.

ve cents each, 'by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, DfC. 

